Nobuki’s father, Chiune Sugihara, was a Japanese diplomat who issued thousands of visas to Jews, to help them escape from the advancing Nazis. Steinman’s grandfather and great uncle received visas from Sugihara in 1940, when other consulates and countries had closed their doors to Jews.

Arnold Dean Mackey (Thu 31 May 2018 10:22:43 AM EDT)

Guess a Japanese can be a decent and caring person too! War is Hell!

Kevin Alessandro Gaspar (Sat 26 Mar 2016 09:41:06 PM EDT)

Sad

John Rutledge (Thu 11 Feb 2016 07:53:08 AM EST)

Agreed, imi. Nice gesture - but this poor horse does not look as if it is going to get up. WW2 was a bad, bad war for horses ... Regards, JR.

imi (Thu 11 Feb 2016 06:38:31 AM EST)

if a horse going down never step up
more humanity a fast bullet in the horse head

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